Bunyod Kholiyorov

participate in professional telephone/video conversations, 
participate in professional meetings/workshop discussions 
Read product/service descriptions, design specifications 
Give descriptions and explanations of equipment, processes, machines, (e.g. 
speaking to foreign visitors) 
understand advertisements for agricultural machinery 
Text types. It is the teacher’s responsibility to find texts that relate to the 
above-mentioned language skills. Teachers can usefully analyse those text types 
according to functions and exponents. 
Examples of text types: Letters, Messages, Advertisements, (audio/ video/ 
printed), letters of recommendations, presentations on agrarian issues, video 
conferences, Product descriptions (See Table 2.11): 
Table-2.11. 
Examples of text types 
Example Text 
types 
Example 
Functions 
Example Exponents
Letter of 
recommendation 
Stating purpose of 
letter 
Dear Sir or Madam 
I am writing to recommend Mr X. He 
as worked with us for 8 years and has 
been highly efficient and reliable, as 

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well as an excellent team player.
Product 
description 
Describing a cotton 
picker 
The 
cotton picker 
is a machine that 
automates 
cotton
harvesting
in a way 
that reduces harvest time and 
maximizes efficiency.
Video 
conference 
Stating the aim of 
the conference 
Hello colleagues! The main aim of this 
conference is to provide you with an 
update on the new additions to the 
range of available harvesters. 
 
Indicative topics and notions: Participating in webinars, Voice messages/listening 
and responding to voice messages, Text messages, Making blog posts, Making a 
telephone conversation, Arranging meetings, Taking minutes at the meetings, Tele-
conferencing, Correspondence relating to production, Correspondence pertaining 
to methods and terms of payment for particular types of agricultural project.
The assessment is based on the following tasks: 
a) Possible authentic tasks: (including people, context and purpose) 
Scenario: You are an independent businessman who is opening a mill and you 
want to buy a new elevator from a foreign company. You have just read an 
advertisement from a newspaper about a company which produces elevators. You 
are interested in buying the product from this company. Make a telephone call to 
the sales manager and conduct a detailed negotiation about the price, discounts, 
and delivery of the product.
b) Possible pedagogical tasks: 
Scenario: Students listen to a telephone conversation between a customer and a 
company sales manager. Then do a multiple choice activity to check whether they 
understand specific information.
Potentially useful supplementary materials. Wherever possible teachers should try 
to use authentic materials. The published sources below may also be useful. 
Teachers will need to set aside time to identify and adapt authentic materials for 
use in class. 
Authentic materials appropriate for this module include 
x Telephone call 
x Video-conference 
x Webinar
These are all available on the internet or from local industry.
Sorting of published books is carried out as follows (see table 2.12):